TEHRAN – The Iranian intelligence minister announced on Friday that security forces have managed to smash a number of terrorist cells that intended to disrupt the process of elections on Friday, ISNA reported.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to the Interior Ministry’s elections headquarters in Tehran, Mahmoud Alawi highlighted the vigilance and supremacy of the country’s intelligence forces over terrorist groups and said the forces have a close watch on every suspicious activity across the country.